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Coffee For Headaches

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When you're head is pounding really bad and you don't want to go for the drug cabinet( or you already have and no improvement is felt), why not go for a cup of coffee? Never thought of it? I recommend it! Coffee is now popularly advertised as a health drink. How true can the claims be? Well, some are reliable, however beware of frauds, they see this opportunity to con people with their so-called healthy coffee. If you get the right kind of coffee, health benefits are gained, landing your hands on the wrong ones and you get more than just a waste of money, it may be dangerous. A friend of mine once told me about his uncle who was given a 'health coffee' that costs a ridiculous pricing, and just after a cup of it, sent him to the hospital bed. He fainted after that cup of coffee, and swore to never again drink coffee with health claims. Well, his bad luck made him look at any  types of coffee nastily, but he was always an avid coffee drinker,so he just went back drinkin...

Tib An Nabawi (part 2) ; Of Fever, Headaches and Migraines

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Thank you for making a presence here, You are most welcome. In my previous entry, you could read about a brief introduction of Tib An Nabawi by Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyah, Staying healthy . If you haven't, please click here to be redirected..> Thank you. So, if you had, let's read on the next part of this book, this time it's about the utmost part of our body, the head and it's illnesses. Commonly known as a headache, or migraine, sometimes it comes with a fever. 1.Headache & Migraine What differs a headache from a migraine is that a migraine attacks are targeted on either the right or left side of the head, sometimes it attack the whole head, namely helmet-type headache. A headache usually starts when the head is overheated, it becomes hot due to pressure of septic vapor accumulating in or near the head which fails to seek a way out of the body, leading to intensified pressure of the vapor. ( imagine steam, in a boiling pot, unable to escape) When moisture ...